@Zyg: Yes, it is the latest panel by Samsung. B&O buys only the panels that are quality-wise in the top 10% of the Samsung production line, i.e. no clouding is ever there. The video processing is B&O's own (which explains why B&O's picture quality is superior to Samsung's and most other LCD-TV's out there). It's not stainless steel, it's diamond polished aluminum. The TV sounds better than any other flat-TV (@ little over 2" thick) on the planet (talking about the built-in speakers here - they are genuinely Hi-FI). Pictures do not do justice to the build-quality or the finish of the materials (like the anti-reflective coating on the front glass).
As you've guessed by now, yes, I'll buy one, but with the motorized floor-stand, which makes the TV look even more stunning :)
The panel is for sure from Samsung, but the video processing is clearly not from B&O. The company is toooooo small to own a chip design and software design needed for video processing. In any case, video processing is largely "commodity", coming from fabless (and often, almost nameless) chip companies from the far east. Yes, video processing (100Hz and 200Hz, Natural Motion, infinite colors, infinitesimal contrast ratios, sharpness improvement, n bit processing etc etc etc are all commodities... stuff that every MTK, MStar and Trident can offer. What B&O does is design - all things you can touch and feel - such as the aluminum bezel, the remote control, the manuals, and most probably the menu structure. Traditionally B&O has descent audio - so I expect some B&O touch in the monstrous speakers that make the TV look as if it is only half lit ;-) but engadget readers and writers dont qualify to critic B&O, so I take my remark back.
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@Zyg: Yes, it is the latest panel by Samsung. B&O buys only the panels that are quality-wise in the top 10% of the Samsung production line, i.e. no clouding is ever there. The video processing is B&O's own (which explains why B&O's picture quality is superior to Samsung's and most other LCD-TV's out there). It's not stainless steel, it's diamond polished aluminum. The TV sounds better than any other flat-TV (@ little over 2" thick) on the planet (talking about the built-in speakers here - they are genuinely Hi-FI). Pictures do not do justice to the build-quality or the finish of the materials (like the anti-reflective coating on the front glass).
As you've guessed by now, yes, I'll buy one, but with the motorized floor-stand, which makes the TV look even more stunning :)
The panel is for sure from Samsung, but the video processing is clearly not from B&O. The company is toooooo small to own a chip design and software design needed for video processing. In any case, video processing is largely "commodity", coming from fabless (and often, almost nameless) chip companies from the far east. Yes, video processing (100Hz and 200Hz, Natural Motion, infinite colors, infinitesimal contrast ratios, sharpness improvement, n bit processing etc etc etc are all commodities... stuff that every MTK, MStar and Trident can offer. What B&O does is design - all things you can touch and feel - such as the aluminum bezel, the remote control, the manuals, and most probably the menu structure. Traditionally B&O has descent audio - so I expect some B&O touch in the monstrous speakers that make the TV look as if it is only half lit ;-) but engadget readers and writers dont qualify to critic B&O, so I take my remark back.